diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d2f71e4d1..60f9e55f31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ echo 'LITELLM_MASTER_KEY="sk-1234"' > .env
 # It is used to encrypt / decrypt your LLM API Key credentials
 # We recommend - https://1password.com/password-generator/ 
 # password generator to get a random hash for litellm salt key
-echo 'LITELLM_SALT_KEY="sk-1234"' > .env
+echo 'LITELLM_SALT_KEY="sk-1234"' >> .env
 
 source .env